Google Play Store is the most preferred platform for the android users to download apps. There are a lots of users who don’t have access to the play store as google is not operable in their country like China. There are users who don’t get the apps which they want on play store but find them outside the play store.
So to tell you about some of the most helpful android apps which are banned by the google play store as they may be violating their rules and regulations. Without wasting anymore time, let’s get started with the list.
Useful Android apps which are not found in the google play store.
QuickLyric
This is the app for the music lovers who keep on looking for the lyrics for the new songs getting released every now and then. This is one of the best app available to find the lyrics for the song you are playing or search them manually.
QuickLyrics provide you the functionality to save the lyrics offline which are accessible anytime on your device. They also have a feature which when enabled, the app will automatically offline the lyrics of the song when a song is added to your phone.
Viper4Android
Viper4Android is one of the most amazing audio equalizer out there in the market. This amazing equalizer is only available for the rooted device. Viper4Android provides you almost all the option you will need to equalize the audio you are hearing without any trouble.
If you are a music lover and want to go for equalization, this app is perfect for you. This app has features like AnalogX, spectrum extensions, Speaker optimization, Haas Effect, Headphone Surround plus, Auditory System Protection and much more.
Popcorn Time
Popcorn time is one of my favorites. This app will provide you all the movies and TV shows instantly after their release. They also provide you multiple video quality options and that too with good peers. So there are very less chances of finding a dead link.
You can also watch online with this app, if you are not a big fan of downloading and conserving good movies. There are a lot of apps which we will be discussing further, but none of them is as perfect as popcorn time.
With the movies and TV series you can also download the subtitles in multiple languages. You will be just mindstruck after seeing this app.
Xtunes
Xtunes is one of the most popular app amongst the music lovers. This app provides you almosts each and every song for download that too in 320kbps. This is something each and every music lover looks for. You can search for a single song or the complete album as well and download them in no time.
Xtunes also provide you the flexibility to search the song on youtube if you don’t find it in their database making it one of the best song downloader you would have ever used.
Torrent Search
Most of us use torrent to download the pirated copies of movies, games and software. But during this process, the most tedious work to do is search for a good torrent having good seeds and peers. To reduce your work, here is a app named ‘Torrent Search’ which will provide you the results all combined from different torrent sites worldwide making you more time efficient.
F-Droid
There are many open source apps which we are unaware of, but are very useful once we discover them. To help you discover some of this kind of apps, F-Droid is the perfect app. It will provide you all the open source apps which are not listed on play store.
This app is nothing like BlackMart which also includes the cracked and pirated apps and software. F-Droid is completely genuine and only provides open source apps and games.
MiXplorer
MiXplorer is one of the best complete file manager package you would need to handle files in your phone. The UI for this app is a fusion of Solid Explorer and ES explorer. If you are a person who works on multiple locations at a time, you will love this app as it provides you the tab support and pane support solving your problems.
With MiXplorer you can also connect your cloud storage like Google Drive, MediaFire etc. and manage them directly form the MiXplorer making file handling a lot easier. MiXplorer also packs in its own e-reader, video player, archive manager and many more side apps which you will surely fall in love.
Tubemate
Most of you might be familiar with this name, as it has gain the most fame when it comes to downloading videos from youtube on your device. And if you are not, TubeMate is an app which provides you one click download option for any video on youtube. You can download the videos in different qualities, even in the MP3 format. If you have not tried this app yet, what are you waiting for.
Xposed Framework
This is an app which has the most hype amongst the rooted android users. This app has the capability to customize android as you want. Xposed Framework packs in different sub-application which will help you with customizing particular part of android.
To use this amazing app, you need to have Android 7.0+ and have it rooted.
Adaway
Ads is that one thing we all hate as they keep on appearing at unwanted times especially, when you are about to clear an extremely hard level of a game. But to your revival, here is Adaway which will help you block all the ads in almost every app on your device.
Although this app requires the root access to perform its task. Some of the apps may not perform that well when you have Adaway fully operational but most of them work just fine.
Lucky Patcher
This is also one of the app most of the rooted android users know. Lucky patcher is an app which allows you to remove ads, remove licence verification, modify apks and much more. This app can be like a god for some of the users due to its amazing functionalities.
Google Camera
You might question us that why is this app here even though it is available on play store?
Well, when you download the Google camera from the play store on any device other than the nexus and Pixels, you will not be able to access features like HDR+ mode as they have kept it limited to their own devices. But you can download them outside of the play store and gain complete access to its features. Although the modded version of this app is not supported on every smartphone, just the smartphones with snapdragon 820, 821, 835 and later will have the access.
Mobdro
When it comes to streaming movies and TV, Netflix and Amazon Prime Videos charge you a lot. But Mobdro does that for free. It allows you to watch around 200 channels for free. They have ads in their app, but they are not too annoying.
If you filled annoyed by the ads, you can opt for the premium version of the app which will give you ads-free experience.
Moviebox
This app is somewhat like the Popcorn Time which allows you to watch the movies and TV shows completely free without any monthly fee. The video quality on this app is also great. You can find wide variety of content on different genres like, Sci-fi, comedy, Drama etc.
Youtube Vanced
Youtube has always been top when it cam to video streaming but it lacked some feature which are all fulfilled by the Youtube Vanced. There is no feature of youtube being compromised when you use Youtube Vanced.
One of the biggest feature, for which I personally use this app, is that it allows you to play videos even when you are using different apps and not viewing the video which means you can now just play your favourite music playlist from youtube while running over different apps. The video also plays when your screen is off, which is pretty dope.
Adskip for Android
Adskip is another ad blocker but it is more focused in Youtube. We all are disappointed when we get skippable or unskippable ads while watching youtube videos, so to solve our issues, here is Adskip which will block all the ads from the youtube, making your streaming experience the best.
VidMate
Vidmate is lot similar to Tubemate, but with vidmate you are not just limited to youtube. With vidmate you can download and stream any video from around the web.
Vidmate also has the links from where you can download movies very easily. You can also download videos from facebook, Instagram and many other platform without any hiccups.
GBWhatsapp
GBWhatsapp is a modded version of whatsapp, which allows you to run two whatsapp account simultaneously on the same device without the use of any parallel space. Other than the regular features of whatsapp, GBwhatsapp has some additional features too, which include, hiding your online status, have different privacy modes. With GBwhatsapp you can also upload videos upto 30MB where as on original whatsapp you do not get this high bandwidth for videos.
Instagram Plus
Instagram Plus is modded version of original Instagram with additional functionality. With Instagram Plus you have the access to download photos and stories at just a few clicks, where as you can’t do that on original Instagram. Instagram Plus also has some more privacy modes and a follower indicator for those who want to get most out of the Instagram.
TV Portal
As the name itself suggest, it is a TV shows and move streamer with a clean UI. With this app you can stream any movies or show on your device on any of the media player you have installed without any restrictions.
PSX4Droid
PSX4Droid is an game emulator for PS1 games. All you need to do is install the app and load your favourite games on the app and you are good to go for an amazing gaming experience. This app can be proved useful for those how love to play PlayStation 1 games but do not have access to the console.
Bromite
Bromite is a web browser based on the chromium. This app brings in every feature present in chromium with one of the most important additional feature which is ad-blocker. It provides seamless browsing experience without any ads being laid all over the webpage.
Happy Chick
Happy Chick is an game emulator for your android phones. With this app, you will be able to play all the games which were available on the platform like Nintendo, PS1, PSP. The gaming experience is great and you will love it.
Terrarium TV
This app has very clean interface and provides you fresh movies and TV shows to stream for free. They provide you movies and TV shows in great video quality with the capability to download the content which can be viewed when you are on the go without internet access.
This app provides you almost every option to filter out best content for you. You will definitely love this app if you are a TV fan.
Network Spoofer
Network Spoofer is an app which allows you to play around with the websites and have a little fun. This app allows you to make horrible changes to website like, changing images, redirecting to some other website, change words on the website etc. and all this fun changes will be showed to each and everyone on the network.
But this app is limited to rooted android users only.
Ruthless Pixel Launcher
Ruthless Pixel Launcher is a modded version of the Pixel Launcher providing you with tons of new features to customize. With this app you can customize almost everything starting from the icons to the app drawers and home screens. This app comes with a lot of additional features then in pixel launcher itself.
Freedom
Freedom is another game hack tools which provides you multiple features. With this app, you can gain extra lives, extra keys and diamonds. You can also emulate payments with this app which will help you to advance to the next levels very easily.
Mobilism
Mobilism is a crowdsource platform which provides you access to tons of apps, games and books which you can play or read on your android device. As this is a crowd platform, their will never be a shortage of new content.
So this was our list for the app which are banned from the google play store. Do you know any more amazing apps which are useful for our readers. Do let us know in comments below.